Old Woodlands - Woodland plantation
4 ha
Plan your visit
🌲Walks
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
52.63407, -1.26899
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
National Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ivanhoe WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
39 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Leicester 'Route 2'Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 2Local cycle route
Main RouteCycling route19 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 19 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route424 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 424 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.3 km▾
Named routeRef 63Length 1.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.7 km▾
Named routeRef 63Length 1.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
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Wildlife to spot
31,786 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
31,786 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Jackdaw · Goldfinch · Robin · Woodpigeon +25
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Othius laeviusculus · Marble Gall
- Othius laeviusculusOthius laeviusculus
- Marble GallAndricus kollari
Yellow Brain · Physcia tenella · Arthonia radiata · Punctelia jeckeri · Coesyn Melfed +7
- Yellow BrainTremella mesenterica
- Physcia tenellaPhyscia tenella
- Arthonia radiataArthonia radiata
- Punctelia jeckeriPunctelia jeckeri
- Coesyn MelfedFlammulina velutipes
- Myriolecis dispersaMyriolecis dispersa
- Script Lichen
White Dead-nettle · Coltsfoot · Lesser Celandine · Dog's Mercury · Dandelion +2
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Crimson-tuber Thread-mossBryum rubens
- Anomalous Bristle-mossOrthotrichum anomalum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
31,786 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Jackdaw · Goldfinch · Robin · Woodpigeon +25
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Othius laeviusculus · Marble Gall
- Othius laeviusculusOthius laeviusculus
- Marble GallAndricus kollari
Yellow Brain · Physcia tenella · Arthonia radiata · Punctelia jeckeri · Coesyn Melfed +7
- Yellow BrainTremella mesenterica
- Physcia tenellaPhyscia tenella
- Arthonia radiataArthonia radiata
- Punctelia jeckeriPunctelia jeckeri
- Coesyn MelfedFlammulina velutipes
- Myriolecis dispersaMyriolecis dispersa
- Script Lichen
White Dead-nettle · Coltsfoot · Lesser Celandine · Dog's Mercury · Dandelion +2
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Crimson-tuber Thread-mossBryum rubens
- Anomalous Bristle-mossOrthotrichum anomalum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Graphis scripta s. lat.
Graphis scripta s. lat.
Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.Lecanora campestrisLecanora campestrisLecanora campestrisLecanora campestrisLecidella elaeochromaLecidella elaeochromaLecidella elaeochromaLecidella elaeochromaNetted Shield LichenParmelia sulcataNetted Shield LichenParmelia sulcataMeadow WaxcapCuphophyllus pratensis var. pratensis2025Meadow WaxcapCuphophyllus pratensis var. pratensis2025